Improvement in bed-bottoms



UNITED S'rA'rEs Parana @FHQE.

REUBEN A. SMITH, OF EAST WEARE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO THOMASIt. V. BRADLEY, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-BOTTOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,473, dated December5, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN A. SMITH, of East \Veare, Hillsborough countyand State of New Hampshire, have invented a certain Improvement in theManner of Hanging the Slats of Bedsteads, of which the following is aspecification:

My improvement consists in the metal braces, stirrups, and bars, with anIndia-rubber loop fastened to the side rails of a bedstead by screws, onwhich the braces slide, so that the whole device may be easily put on ortaken off; also, in fastening the longitudinal slats to thecross-bearers by elastic straps, so that the slats may be easily turnedover when sprung; all of which will be more fully hereinafter explained.

Figure 1 is a top or plan view of thebedstead, showing the manner ofconnecting the slat-frame by my invention at each corner. Fig. 2 is aside view of one rail, showing the braces as fastened by the screws;Fig. 3, details of the invention; Fig. 4, side and top view of thestirrup; Fig. 5, side and top view of the bar; Fig. 6, end and side viewof the India-rubber loop-sprin g; Fig. 7, side view of the invention asfastened to the bedsteadrail; Fig. 8, sectional view of the slatframe,showing one slat being turned under the elastic-strap fastening.

A represents the bedstead; B, the slats; G, the cross-bearer, on whichthe slats rest loosely, being held down by the loops of an elasticstrap, f; D, the brace, which has an opening in the middle at d and twoslots at d, which are made to slide over the screws (1, beingcountersunk to receive the heads of the screws. E is a stirrup, top,side, and end views of which are seen in Figs. 3 and 4. E is across-beam in the stirrup to support the end of the cross-bearer C. At Fon the stirrup is the position for the bar 6, which bar supports oneside of the loop. G is an Indiarubber tube of sufficient thickness tosupport the weight required. (1 d are wood screws to support the bracesD by the countersunk slots 01. e is a slot cut in the ends of thestirrup E, as seen in Fig. 4, in which the tenons e of the brace e aremade to fit. f is an elastic web or strap fastened to the cross-bearersG by nails or screws f between each slat B, so that should any slat besprung down, and thus become set, by turning it over, as seen in Fig. 8,the rounded side may be turned up with facility.

To operate my invention, it is only necessary to pass the brace throughthe loop and let the loop come into the recess 66, (see Fig. 3;) thenpass the bar 0 through the loop, and insert the tenons 6 into theircorresponding slots 0 in the stirrup, and the device is as representedin Figs.

7 and 3; then slide the slots of the brace D down inside of the screwsd, and insert the end of the cross-bearer 0 between the beam E and thetop piece E. Thus operate each of the four, and the slat-frame will behung complete.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The suspending devices, consisting of the brace D, stirrup E, bar 0, andloop G, as applied to the rails of a bedstead, substantially as and forthe purpo.-e shown and described.

This specification signed by me at Washington, D. 0., this 2d day ofNovember, A. D. 1871.

REUBEN A. SMITH.

Witnesses:

(l. D. IRELAN, WM. R. SINGLEToN. (62)

